Call for Papers, Culture & International History V:
Stage & Performance – Theatricality in International History since 1500. view
Professor for Modern History/International History
Prof. Gienow-Hecht verlässt die Universität zum Wintersemester 2013/14. Studierende, die sich bei Ihr prüfen lassen wollen, melden sich bitte umgehend in einer der kommenden Sprechstunden.
My field of research and teaching expertise is international history as well as the history of peace and conflict resolution. I am particularly interested in the history of international cultural relations since the early modern period. Methodologically, I am especially intrigued by the interplay between the theatrical, the cultural and the political in international relations. Much of my previous work has focused on the European, North American context but more recently, my teaching and research has expanded to include Asia, notably the Far and Middle East. I am currently writing a book on the history of nation branding since 1600 while also editing a series titled “Explorations in Culture and International History” with Berghahn Books in Oxford/New York.
Courses I teach include traditional approaches to diplomatic history such as the history of international relations (lecture cycle over four semesters), the history of empires, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as the history of Japanese Foreign Relations; but also more avant-garde perspectives such as the history of international cultural relations, 1500 to the present (lecture cycle of three semesters), cultural diplomacy, the history of oceans and nation branding. As a supervisor for M.A. and doctoral theses, I am particularly keen on cooperating with students interested in novel perspectives on the history of diplomacy and international action. Such perspectives may concern methodological approaches but also specific agents, themes, relationships or territories that have not yet been studied before.
May 14th 9am - 10am
winter term 2012/13
Vorlesung Imperien und Weltgeschichte
tuesday 10:00 bis 11:30, Hörsaal C
Arbeitskurs Imperien und Weltgeschichte
tuesday 16:00 bis 17:30, 305/306
Hauptseminar Humanitäre Intervention - Geschichte und Kontroverse
monday 14:00 bis 15:30, 0.06
Oberseminar Internationale Geschichte
tuesday 17:45 bis 19:15 , S 85
- “Nation Branding and the Pitfalls of Civil Society: What NGOs Have Done for Cultural Diplomacy since 1800 and Why They Are a Problem"
- "Poia -- A Diplomatic Opera in Three Acts: Indian Music and Cultural Diplomacy in Imperial Germany"
Culture and International History I, Dez. 1999, Zentrum für USA-Studien, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg
Culture and International History II, Dez. 2002, Zentrum für USA-Studien, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg
Culture and International History III, Dez. 2005, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Culture and International History IV, Dez. 2009, Universität zu Köln
conference report: detailed version, short version.
Culture and International History V, 2013 (planned)
other
"Gute und schlechte Nachrichten", guest: Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Oase, WDR 5, January 29, 2011. listen
Interview of Juan Martin Koch (Neue Musikzeitung) with Jessica Gienow-Hecht at Frankfurter Musikmesse, March 24, 2010. watch
Interview about Sound Diplomacy, “Der Tag”, DRadio Wissen/ Deutschlandfunk, February 17, 2010, 9:45 h. listen
Interview about Sound Diplomacy, Morgenmagazin "Frührausch", Hochschulsender Kölncampus, February 5, 9:16 h. listen
“Kinder und Karriere,” Kontrovers, HR2, April 19, 2008.
“Die Konferenz von Casablanca,” ZeitZeichen, WDR 2, January 14, 2008. listen
“Europe and America”, Carpet Bombing in Germany, To the Best of Our
Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio (US), February 23, 2003, more
Board Memberships:
- Membership Board, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
- Advisory Board, European Journal of American Studies (EAAS)
- Board Member, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Berlin
- Coordinator, Culture & International History I-IV (Symposiumszyklus seit 1999)
Memberships:
- Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
- Associate Member, Zentrum für Nordamerikaforschung, Frankfurt am Main
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien
- European Association for American Studies
- Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands
Assistant: Tilman-Ulrich Pietz, M.A.
Research Assistant: Matthias Kressner
Phd-students:
Marcel Will, M.A. (Fellow, Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
Carolin Fischer, M.A.
